NFL Films founder Ed Sabol, right, and his son, Steve. Sabol started working with his father in 1964, and their innovations revolutionized sports broadcasting and helped make the NFL the country’s most popular sport. (AP Photos)

Broncos coach John Fox today offered his condolences to the family of Steve Sabol, the NFL Films pioneer who died Tuesday from cancer.

“I had a great relationship with Steve, and my heart goes out to his friends and family,” Fox said.

“NFL Films is kind of the [mechanism] that brought the sideline and the field to the fans. Even going way back, there’s some hilarious stuff and footage from back then. He was instrumental in making that happen.”

Fox, now in his 24th season as an NFL coach (and 11 as a head coach), has been included in plenty of NFL Films projects. Fox couldn’t name a favorite from his appearances.

But he did have two favorite sayings from other coaches.

Fox said his favorites were hearing Kansas City coach Hank Stram, who wore a microphone in Super Bowl IV, talk about players “matriculating down the field,” and this quip from former Tampa Bay coach John McKay about his offense’s execution: “I’m in favor of it,” McKay said.

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DOVE VALLEY — John Fox rattled off five other names on the Broncos’ injury report Wednesday before getting to the juicy stuff.

Von Miller, Denver’s star linebacker, was limited in practice today with a hip injury. Miller was not listed among the injured on Monday night, nor was he mentioned by Fox on Tuesday when questioned about his team’s health.

I also wrote a nifty chart that looked at other issues, on both offense and defense, that were revealed against the Falcons. Because of space issues in the print edition, I’m posting said chart here for you now:

Nicki Jhabvala is a Broncos beat writer for The Denver Post. She was previously the digital news editor for sports. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor. She also spent two years as a home page editor at the New York Times.